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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

What were you/ what you were

Which one is correct;

Got it what were you talking about.

Or it should be

Got it what you were talking about.

  

Top answer

" is a direct question. what you were talking about is a subordinate clause. It is not a question.

  • " is a direct question.
  • what you were talking about is a subordinate clause.
  • It is not a question.
  • eg What you were talking about was very interesting.
  • eg I understand what you were talking about.
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"What were you talking about?" is a direct question.

what you were talking about is a subordinate clause. It is not a question.

eg What you were talking about was very interesting.

eg I understand what you were talking about.

I get can mean I understand. So you can say eg I get what you were talking about.

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